Rioters have been throwing bricks, bottles, sticks and other objects at police who are trying to keep order in the streets of London, as looting and fires have been witnessed since Saturday in the capital city of Britain.

Five police dogs have also been injured in various attacks. One was seriously injured when hit on the head with a brick.

One dog had its teeth broken out by an object thrown at it. The remaining dogs were injured by bottles and other items hurled in their direction.The dogs are Belgian shepherds called Malinois. They are used for police work all over the world.

I had a German Shepherd or Alsatian, but she had trouble with her back legs as she grew old. The breed tends to suffer that way. I wonder whether the problem is avoided in your Belgian shepherds such as the Malinois? The back legs stand much more vertically than those of the German shepherds which sadly are bred to look "eager".

I nearly bought an adult Tervuren, but hesitated and someone else bought her!

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